ORGANIZATION

El Charco del Ingenio, AC

Mexican nonprofit organization, independent of any government or other institution, created in 1998 in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.

Responsible for the ecological conservation project and the territory that comprises the nucleus of the Ecological Preservation Zone of El Charco del Ingenio and adjacent areas.

Owner of 67 hectares that comprise the botanical garden and its reserve areas, and member of the Technical Advisory Board of the adjacent Landeta Park, administered by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Owner of a forest reserve of 90 hectares, located in the mountains of the nearby range Los Picachos, mainly covered by oak forests.